Lighting-fixture-display system



`Aug. 24, 1926. 1,597,302 Y O. S. WADE LIGHTING FIXTURE DISPLAY SYSTEM Filed July :$1 1924 l ma a 22 9 f 6 mgl., 6 :lb/2l 6. 52, 25 2% .52' 8, ,./zl @di uw 3 H3 9 f a LME 4 2|!" ,Z/lsphjnm @www eti rtl j oFfFfIJC N omo S- was@ Waremme were tieneINGrrlxrUaE-DISPMY sYS'rEM- Application filed July 31, 1924. `Serial No. 723,293.

`My invention relatesto` improvements in lighting iixture display `systems and it more especially consists of `the Jfeatures hereini at'ter pointed out 'in thelannexed claims.

The purpose of my Invention 1sto provide an eilective and simple system forget! iiciently displayinglighting fixtures in or under harmonious surroundings fremoved so that each -iixture -as soon as itis positioned `witlrinlthe desireddisplaylroom illuminates the fixture so'that a `prospective ourchaser is able fto iudO'eof the merits loi a given `fixture in its relation to `the sizeof the room, its furnishings etc.,"\-\vithout being` distracted by the proximity of other styles of fixtures; and that enables :the salesman to quickly show fixtures in rapid .successionfor usein parlor7 sitting room, living room, kitchen, bath room, etc., etc. In this way a customer can make a more judicious selec.- tion than would otherwise be possible.

IVith these and other ends in view I illustrate in the accompanying drawing such instances of adaptation as will disclose the broad underlying features ofmy invention without limiting myself to the specific de tails shown thereon and described herein.

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic plan view showing the relation of tracks to the storage and display quarters.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a lixture carrying trolley.

Fig. Fig. 2.

Fig. 4; is a top plan view of Fig. 2. j

Fig. 5 isa modified arrangement of trolley contacts.

In practically carrying out my invention I may use any desired form of traveling trolleyV which is adapted to support in a detachable and fattachable manner lighting fixtures or other similar articles. I may arrange the storage, transfer, and display tracks as the exigencies of actual practice may demand.

The expedients I exemplify in the accompanying drawings are only instances of adaptation which disclose one Way .in which 3 is a diagrammatic end elevation of my invention can be carriedinto practice.

Al storage room 1is provided `with asuitable arrangement of'storage tracks 6. These tracks are interconnected Withleach :other and arejoined by a `transfer track :7 tothe display rooms. As avniatterr of ftact the storage and display 1 rooms may be 1 located apart from each other as shown ortheylmay `be adjacent each other separatedonly by a partition.` The displayrooms may comprise a large room 2, an intermediate sized room Sand a small sized room .4. #Inaddition a Vhallway 5Vis aisoshown diagrammatically inlFig. 1. This ldiagram doesnot show all ofthe various Vrooms heretofore mentioned.

In the display rooms `display tracks 8 `are `interconnected and joined `to the transfer track "1'. Any desired `for1n of supporting trolley? may be .used, that is a separate trolley for each `fixture placed on display so that more `than one "fixture can he simultaneously` shown lin a "single i room- The tiblley I 'have instanced simply'fconsists of a pair .of grooved Wheels 10 rolling on the tracks 6, `7' or 8. Eachivheel has a ,U-shaperlu frame 11 andboth1 framesf 11 at the top may be joined by `a lengthwisemember f12. On

`this member 12 a cross member 23 may be fixed, which at its ends carries insulated contacts 15. The frames 11 opposite the wheel pivots may also be connected by a lengthwise frame 18. The frames 11 drop beneath the tracks 8 at one side thereof and they are bent over as shown in Fig. 3 so as to forni a centrally positioned support fora pan 13. Beneath the pan 13 a hook 14 may be lo cated from which any desired liXture may be suspended by its chains 17 or otherwise.

Each of the contacts 15 may be joined to the lighting fixture wires byconnections 16 in any suitable manner with spring clips (not shown) or otherwise so as to facilitate easy connection and disconnection of the circuit should another ixture be placed on the same trolley later on for another purpose. Display stations 21may be located in each room at one or more locations as desired. Alongside each display station contacts Ll supported by suspensions 19 may be located to automatically connect the lamps of a fixture with a live circuit as soon as its supporting trolley is brought adjacent the contacts. y

If desired the short contacts 9 may be replaced by long contacts 22 these being adapted to show the fixture in a change of Sil Y later for exhibit purposes.

location within the room itself. VEyes may be formed beneath the pan 13 in order to afford means for easilyY drawing the trolley from place to place by any desired form ot' hook. The tracks 8A may have a return portion 24 which will facilitate the return of fixtures that vhave been on display without coniiicting with other fixtures brought in The tracks 6, 7, 8 and 24 may be supported by side brackets 25 or in any other well-known manner The arrangement of contacts 9 and 15 shown in Fig. 3 may be modiiied as desired so as to bring them into smaller compass without departing from the spirit of my invention, as shown in Fig. 5.

IVhat I claim is:

l. In display systems, a plurality of interconnecting tracks, a storage room for a portion Vof Vsaid tracks, a plurality ot display rooms for another portion of the tracks, a traversing trolley adapted to support lighting ixtures in a detachable and attachable manner, electrical contacts at different points placed adjacent the tracks, insulated contactsv on the trolley adapted to co-act with the other contacts, and connections from the latter to the suspended lighting fixture.

A 2. In display systems, a storage compartment, a pulrality of display compartments, interconnecting tracks in each compartment, a transfer track between'the compartments electrical contacts at different locations adjacent the tracks, a trolley adapted to traverse the tracks', cooperating contacts on the trolley, and means for supporting a lightingA vcompartment adapted to receive individual fixtures from the storage compartment, interconnected tracks in the compartments, traversing means on the tracks adapted to support individual lighting fixtures, and means for illuminating the iixtures at prearranged points in the display compartment.

4., In display systems, a plurality of display compartments, interconnected tracks within the compartments, a leading-in track connected therewith, a return track connected with the other tracks, means traversible on the tracks. adapted to support lightinglixtures, and stationary means placed adjacent the tracks adapted to cooperate with the traversing means to automatically convey current to the lighting iixture at predetermined points.

5. In display systems, a storage room, a display room, a traversing trolley, a track therefor between the'rooms, means for supporting a lighting fixture from the trolley,

stationary contacts adjacent the tracks at predetermined points in the display-room,

and cooperating contacts on the trolley adapted to establish electrical connections between the stationary contacts and the lighting fixture. V

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

OTTO S. VVADE. 

